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*''Bencoolen: The Christian Cemetery and the Fort Marlborough Monuments'' by Alan Harfield 1985. A [[BACSA]] publication.
Indicate online resource
In 1825, the EIC exchanged Benkulen with the Dutch for [[Malacca]] which was more strategically useful to the British. Benkulen remained a Dutch possession until after World War 2.
== Spelling Variants ==
Refer also [[Dutch Indies Genealogical Association]].
* The [[BACSA]] publication entitled ''Bencoolen: The Christian Cemetery and the Fort Marlborough Monuments'' by Alan Harfield 1985 is now out of print but can be found in the [[British Library]] on the open shelves or amongst the BACSA files under reference MssEur F370/1243. Indexes from this book are online at [http://bacsa.frontisgroup.com/bin/index.php BACSA search]. BACSA also have a cemetery file under reference MssEur F370/823
==Books==
*''Bencoolen: A History on the Honourable East India Company's Garrison on the West Coast of Sumatra 1685-1825'' by Alan Harfield 1995 is available at the [[British Library]]. Read about the [http://wftw.nl/bencoolen/bencoolen.html book here].
